The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) announced ten new cases of monkeypox in the country on Thursday.
She said in a statement that in addition to the 16 confirmed cases previously reported in Quebec, there are now 26 in Canada, of which 25 have been identified in Quebec and one in Ontario.
According to PHAC, it is likely that more cases will be reported in the coming days as PHAC’s National Microbiology Laboratory continues to receive samples for confirmatory testing from multiple jurisdictions.
Human cases of monkeypox have recently been reported in more than 20 countries around the world.
Monkeypox is a sylvatic zoonosis that can cause infections in humans. It is caused by a virus that belongs to the orthopoxvirus family, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).